Chapter 66

After finishing the meal, I naturally took my leave.

Seeing me leave, Su Xueya couldn't help but say to her mother, "Mom, what are you doing? This matter clearly isn't Yang Yun's fault. Aren't you just putting pressure on him by doing this?"

"Xueya, you lost your innocence. What's wrong with putting pressure on him? This is something he should be doing anyway. Mom is considering things for your sake. I can tell you like him. If I don't get you a commitment now, it'll be too late later!"

"But you don't have to be like this, do you? And all that stuff about marriage contracts—you really made that up!"

"You don't understand. In short, Mom is doing this for your own good. There are some things you aren't aware of; Yang Yun is not a simple person!"

After hearing Zhang Fengnan's words, Su Xueya didn't say anything more. Her mother was indeed looking out for her, so what right did she have to criticize her?

At this moment, I was still worrying about the situation with Wang Li. I had originally intended to go and cause trouble for Wang Li over the past two days, but ended up being the one targeted instead. Li Hong is truly a difficult character to deal with; to think he would actually use Su Xueya to threaten me. However, this has also put me on high alert. It seems I need to protect Su Xueya more, but after all, I am only one person. This makes me realize how important strength and influence are.

I had originally wanted to find Zhuge Yue to inquire about some information regarding Wang Li, but after thinking about it, I already owed Zhuge Yue so much that I felt embarrassed to ask her for another favor.

I found Third Brother and discussed it with him. We decided to start with Wang Lin. After all, there is currently no news about Wang Li at all, so we can only get results by questioning Wang Lin. Third Brother and I decided to stake out the places Wang Lin usually frequents. Furthermore, taking action against Wang Lin would also cut off some of Li Hong's strength—it's a win-win situation.

Because of the various events that occurred previously, the trend in school has been leaning toward Li Hong. Everyone thinks Li Hong is sure to win and doesn't favor us at all.

"Boss, we can't go on like this. A few more people have left these past few days. Now we have fewer than ten people left. If this continues, we're finished!" Fatty Wang looked at me and Third Brother anxiously.

"Damn it, a bunch of disloyal cowards. It's useless even if they stay; who knows, they might even stab you in the back later!" Third Brother cursed in anger.

"But we have too few people now, and the people in school don't favor us. If this continues, we will definitely be swallowed up by Li Hong! We have to think of a way!"

"Issue a challenge to Li Hong!" I thought for a moment and finally said.

"Issue a challenge? What do you mean?"

"Issue a formal challenge to Li Hong, forcing him to fight us. Because most people are paying attention to this matter, if Li Hong doesn't accept, we can use this to spread the word and make him lose face, forcing him to accept. If he does accept, then it's simple—we just fight them. Although they have more people, they are basically just unorganized individuals without a unified heart. Besides, if a large-scale conflict really breaks out, the school won't just sit by and watch. We just need to avoid taking too much of a loss. After all, it's quite simple for the few of us to run away!"

Hearing my words, Fatty Wang clapped his hands happily and said, "Boss, that's brilliant! This is a great plan. I'll go prepare the challenge letter right now!"

"Remember to set some conditions in the challenge letter. I'll tell you the conditions to set in a moment!"

This challenge letter definitely needs conditions. After all, I'm not stupid enough to go head-to-head with them. If Li Hong brings Zhang Longtao's four great warriors and finds some thugs from society, we'd definitely be done for. So, we must add conditions: only students from the school can come.

Not long after, Fatty Wang told me the challenge letter had been sent out, waiting at the basketball court behind the school after classes today.

This matter was known to most of the students in the school; not just the boys, but even the girls knew about it.

Chen Ling came over to dissuade me: "Yang Yun, is it true that you are going to face off against Li Hong?"

I nodded. Chen Ling said to me anxiously, "They have so many people, and you only have a few. Isn't this just throwing your lives away? What on earth are you thinking? Are you crazy? Besides, such a big fight might get you expelled from school!"

"It's fine, Class Monitor. Don't worry, I have it under control!"

"You have nothing under control! I won't allow you to go!"

"Class Monitor, don't be like that. I'm the one who issued the challenge. It would be so embarrassing if I didn't show up!"

"No way! In any case, you are not allowed to go!"

I simply ignored Chen Ling. I'd just run off when school ended; I wasn't going to worry about her.

However, Chen Ling clearly had no intention of letting me off. Seeing I wasn't speaking, she glared at me and said angrily, "Are you even listening to me? I said you are not allowed to go!"

"Look, Class Monitor, you're overstepping your bounds. You aren't anyone to Yang Yun. Zhang Yinuo and Su Xueya haven't even said anything yet, so why are you in such a rush? Just because you say don't go, we don't go? What is your relationship with him?" Seeing me at a stalemate, Third Brother spoke up from the side, looking at Chen Ling with annoyance.

"I... I am Yang Yun's classmate and Class Monitor, so naturally I can manage this!" Chen Ling stammered, suddenly thinking of an excuse, and said angrily.

"The Class Monitor only manages academic matters and things during school hours. Once school is out, can you really manage that? You're so eager to manage Yang Yun—could it be you have feelings for our Fourth Brother?"

"Xu Hongzhi, you're talking nonsense!" Chen Ling was so angry at Xu Hongzhi that she couldn't speak, glaring at him. If looks could kill, Xu Hongzhi would probably have died many times over.

However, Third Brother's thick skin wasn't something that happened in a day. He simply ignored Chen Ling's gaze and went about his business as if nothing had happened.

Because of Third Brother's words, many people were looking at Chen Ling. Out of concern for her reputation and the eyes of others, Chen Ling didn't say anything more about me.

When school ended, Chen Ling saw me wanting to leave and followed right beside me. I looked at her speechlessly and said, "Class Monitor, what exactly do you want?"

"In any case, you are not allowed to go!" Chen Ling glared at me.

"Class Monitor, I think you like our Fourth Brother and are especially afraid that something will happen to him, right?" Third Brother poked his head out from the side and looked at Chen Ling with a mischievous smile.

Chen Ling simply ignored Third Brother's words because she realized this guy had skin as thick as a wall, and saying anything was useless, so she just ignored him.

We arrived at the basketball court. Although Chen Ling wanted to stop me, she couldn't change my mind whether she tried to use force or words. After all, Third Brother and I had already decided on this matter.

There were quite a few people at the basketball court, and Li Hong had arrived early. Li Hong brought Wang Lin and the others. I took a rough look and there were at least fifty people, and it couldn't be ruled out that the bystanders watching the show also included Li Hong's people. It looked like Li Hong was well-prepared.